By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday April 13, 2025
Lorenzo Musetti takes solace within the beautiful tennis he performed in reaching his first Masters 1000 closing this weekend in Monte-Carlo, however even after reaching his first Masters closing and recording back-to-back High 10 wins on the identical occasion for the primary time, he says the work is way from over.
After his physique let him down within the closing two units of Sunday’s 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 loss to Carlos Alcaraz, Musetti talked about his greatest purpose for the explanation: reaching the High 10.
The Italian will rise to a career-high rating of No.11 in Monday’s rating, however he’s aiming greater.
“I take numerous constructive stuff,” the 23-year-old advised reporters. “I’ve reached a few of my targets. In fact we’re already, specializing in different targets and making an attempt to be formidable and making an attempt to encourage myself in fact, as a result of the High 10 just isn’t there but.
“That was most likely the primary purpose of the season proper now. However we’re shut sufficient to maintain preventing, hold dreaming.”
No Barcelona
Because of his damage, Musetti has elected to drag out of Barcelona subsequent week, however he full expects to play in Madrid and Rome earlier than Roland-Garros.
“I’ll take one week now and won’t go to Barcelona, and I’ll play Madrid. Hopefully there I can be one hundred pc,” he mentioned.
Musetti says he nonetheless doesn’t know the standing of his damage.
“We nonetheless do not know but precisely, however in fact we’re gonna do some exams within the subsequent days. The factor is that, as you most likely noticed, I could not, you already know, end the match correctly, however, you already know, in a closing, I did not need to retire.”
